4 nabbed for raping two girls

TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan, Philippines — Four persons were arrested on Monday for allegedly raping two sisters, aged eight and nine, in a remote village in Peñablanca, Cagayan.

Chief Inspector Joefferson Gannaban, Peñablanca police chief, said they trekked for 10 hours to reach Sitio Bauan, Barangay Lapi along the Sierra Madre mountain to serve the arrest warrants for Fermin Cantor, 56; his sons Johnny, 27, and Jackson 19, and their cousin Wilson Melad, 46.

The suspects allegedly took turns in raping the victims in 2015 and 2016 whenever their parents worked at a farm.